IT Technician Contracts

IT Technician
UK

The median IT Technician daily rate in the UK is £150, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 December 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 447 479 617
Rank change year-on-year +32 +138 +74
Contract jobs requiring an IT Technician 102 134 197
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.29% 0.30% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.32% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 46 91 140
10th Percentile £124 £123 £131
25th Percentile £131 £138 £143
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £150 £175 £173
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +1.45% +22.64%
75th Percentile £187 £219 £196
90th Percentile £200 £255 £206
UK excluding London median daily rate £150 £180 £175
% change year-on-year -16.67% +2.86% +25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 17 23
10th Percentile £12.79 £13.45 £11.55
25th Percentile £13.77 £15.50 £12.88
Median hourly rate £18.10 £17.50 £15.25
Median % change year-on-year +3.40% +14.75% -2.62%
75th Percentile £24.18 £23.75 £18.44
90th Percentile - £24.84 £22.06
UK excluding London median hourly rate £16.19 £17.50 £15.25
% change year-on-year -7.49% +14.75% -0.52%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 32,402 41,864 73,115
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 93.43% 95.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 19,851 28,182 50,958
10th Percentile £300 £293 £313
25th Percentile £410 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £650
90th Percentile £738 £743 £750
UK excluding London median daily rate £490 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -2.00% - +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,061 1,481 1,726
10th Percentile £15.48 £15.16 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.00 £19.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £35.00 £44.50 £30.62
Median % change year-on-year -21.35% +45.33% +53.10%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £72.50 £77.50 £72.38
UK excluding London median hourly rate £32.50 £44.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -26.97% +78.00% +42.86%

IT Technician
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured IT Technician in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Technician.

Daily rate trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Technician over the 6 months to 12 December 2024.

Daily rate histogram for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Technician.

Hourly rate trend for IT Technician in the UK

IT Technician
Top 16 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing IT Technician within the UK over the 6 months to 12 December 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +23 93 £160 -8.57% 119
UK excluding London +48 83 £150 -16.67% 112
North of England +23 30 £180 +2.86% 29
Midlands +12 20 £165 -17.50% 13
London +20 19 £150 -4.76% 15
Yorkshire +18 15 £185 -7.50% 12
West Midlands +10 15 £135 -42.86% 6
North West +11 10 £170 -2.86% 13
South East +19 9 £150 -15.63% 26
East of England +18 8 - - 23
Work from Home +73 7 £155 -48.33% 22
South West +22 7 £135 -19.40% 20
Scotland +30 5 £135 -18.18% 2
East Midlands +10 5 £175 +22.81% 7
North East -9 5 - - 4
Wales 0 4 £128 -29.17% 2

IT Technician Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 12 December 2024, IT Technician contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads featuring IT Technician in the job title.

1 46 (45.10%) Windows
2 30 (29.41%) Active Directory
3 25 (24.51%) Microsoft
4 24 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
4 24 (23.53%) Social Skills
5 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
6 18 (17.65%) Windows 10
7 17 (16.67%) Degree
7 17 (16.67%) Customer Service
8 14 (13.73%) Azure
8 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
8 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Exchange
9 11 (10.78%) Public Sector
9 11 (10.78%) DBS Check
10 9 (8.82%) Apple iOS
10 9 (8.82%) Windows Server
11 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
11 8 (7.84%) VPN
12 5 (4.90%) SLA
12 5 (4.90%) Dell
12 5 (4.90%) ITIL
12 5 (4.90%) Firewall
12 5 (4.90%) ITSM
12 5 (4.90%) Finance
12 5 (4.90%) Legal
12 5 (4.90%) iPad
12 5 (4.90%) Security Cleared
13 4 (3.92%) Customer Requirements
13 4 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (3.92%) Digital Marketing

IT Technician Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (0.98%) Confluence
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (13.73%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (3.92%) MS Visio
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.98%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 24 (23.53%) Microsoft 365
2 14 (13.73%) Azure
3 4 (3.92%) Google Workspace
4 3 (2.94%) Entra ID
5 1 (0.98%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.84%) VPN
2 5 (4.90%) Firewall
3 4 (3.92%) Remote Desktop
3 4 (3.92%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (2.94%) Internet
5 2 (1.96%) DHCP
5 2 (1.96%) DNS
5 2 (1.96%) LAN
5 2 (1.96%) TCP/IP
5 2 (1.96%) VLAN
6 1 (0.98%) ADSL
6 1 (0.98%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.98%) Broadband
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco ASA
6 1 (0.98%) Intranet
6 1 (0.98%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.98%) PSTN
6 1 (0.98%) WAN
6 1 (0.98%) Wireless
Development Applications
1 2 (1.96%) JIRA
General
1 24 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (10.78%) Public Sector
3 5 (4.90%) Finance
3 5 (4.90%) Legal
4 4 (3.92%) Electronics
4 4 (3.92%) Manufacturing
4 4 (3.92%) Marketing
4 4 (3.92%) Organisational Skills
4 4 (3.92%) Telecoms
5 2 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (1.96%) Multimedia
5 2 (1.96%) Retail
6 1 (0.98%) Banking
6 1 (0.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (0.98%) Local Government
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.90%) iPad
2 4 (3.92%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.94%) Driving Licence
3 3 (2.94%) Educational Technology
3 3 (2.94%) iPhone
3 3 (2.94%) NHS
3 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.96%) CCTV
4 2 (1.96%) Handset
4 2 (1.96%) IoT
4 2 (1.96%) Smartphone
5 1 (0.98%) Data Centre
Operating Systems
1 46 (45.10%) Windows
2 18 (17.65%) Windows 10
3 9 (8.82%) Apple iOS
3 9 (8.82%) Windows Server
4 4 (3.92%) Android
5 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (18.63%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (16.67%) Customer Service
3 5 (4.90%) ITIL
3 5 (4.90%) ITSM
4 4 (3.92%) Asset Management
4 4 (3.92%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (3.92%) Customer Requirements
4 4 (3.92%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (3.92%) Digital Marketing
4 4 (3.92%) Programme Management
5 3 (2.94%) Break/Fix
5 3 (2.94%) Business Strategy
5 3 (2.94%) Decision-Making
5 3 (2.94%) Informatics
5 3 (2.94%) Information Governance
5 3 (2.94%) Knowledge Transfer
5 3 (2.94%) Line Management
5 3 (2.94%) PRINCE2
5 3 (2.94%) Proactive Maintenance
5 3 (2.94%) Server Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (0.98%) Bash
1 1 (0.98%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 17 (16.67%) Degree
2 11 (10.78%) DBS Check
3 5 (4.90%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.92%) SC Cleared
5 3 (2.94%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 2 (1.96%) A+ Certification
6 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.98%) CCNP
7 1 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.98%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.98%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.90%) SLA
2 1 (0.98%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 30 (29.41%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.94%) Hyper-V
2 3 (2.94%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.98%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.96%) Jamf Pro
2 2 (1.96%) SCCM
3 1 (0.98%) WSUS
Vendors
1 25 (24.51%) Microsoft
2 5 (4.90%) Dell
3 4 (3.92%) Apple
3 4 (3.92%) Google
3 4 (3.92%) HP
3 4 (3.92%) SAP
3 4 (3.92%) ServiceNow
4 3 (2.94%) Citrix
4 3 (2.94%) MobileIron
4 3 (2.94%) Nexthink
4 3 (2.94%) VMware
5 2 (1.96%) Sun
6 1 (0.98%) Cegedim Rx
6 1 (0.98%) Cisco
6 1 (0.98%) Intel
6 1 (0.98%) Salesforce